6/28/2018 WE F Gove r nme nt Affair s Committe e Me mbe r Assoc iation Subc ommitte e How to Par tic ipate T oday • Audio Mode s • L iste n using Mic & Spe a ke rs • Or, se le c t “Use T e le pho ne ” a nd dia l the c o nfe re nc e (ple a se re me mb e r lo ng dista nc e pho ne c ha rg e s a pply). • Submit your que stions using the Que stions pane . • A r e c or ding will be available for r e play shor tly afte r this we bc ast. 1
6/28/2018 Age nda I . I ntro duc tio n – Bra ndo n K o ltz, WE F Me mb e r Asso c ia tio n Sub c o mmitte e Cha ir I I . F e de ra l Upda te b y Cla udio T e rnie de n, Sr. Dire c to r o f Go ve rnme nt Affa irs, WE F I I I . Upda te fro m E PA Re g io n 1 b y Bo b F isc he r, NE WE A GAC Cha ir I V. Upda te fro m E PA Re g io n 4 b y Sa ya Qua lls, K Y-T N WE A GAC Co -Cha ir V. Upda te fro m E PA Re g io n 6 b y Julie Na hrg a ng , Vic e Pre side nt o f WE F MA GAC Sub c o mmitte e VI . Upda te fro m E PA Re g io n 9 b y Chris Sta c klin, WE F Re g ula to ry Sub c o mmitte e Cha ir VI I . Q&A 2
6/28/2018 F isc al Ye ar 2019 Appr opr iations FY17 FY18 Pres. House Senate Function Enacted Omnibus FY19 FY19 FY19 Program Wastewater & $1.394B $1.6B $1.394B $1.69B $1.69B Clean Water Stormwater SRF Loans Drinking Drinking $863M $1.1B $864M $1.16B $1.16B Water SRF Water Loans All Water $28M $63M $20M $75M $63M Infrastructure WIFIA Loand USDA Water & Rural Wastewater $392M $500M $0 $500M $500 M Communities Loans & Loans and Grants Grants Total $2.677B $3.263B $2.278B $3.425B $3.413B Combined 3
6/28/2018 ✔ ✔ https:/ / www.e pa.gov/ wifia 4
6/28/2018 Presented by: Bob Fischer Chair, NEWEA Government Affairs Committee New England Water Environment Association Linking Member Associations with Important Federal Policies and Local Trends June 28, 2018 5
6/28/2018 EPA REGION #1 Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Vermont Maine EPA REGION #1 ISSUES Aging and Failing Infrastructure Affordability/Sustainability PFOS/PFOA Integrated Planning Wet Weather/CSO/Blending Nutrients and Nutrient Criteria Recruitment and “Brain Drain” Resiliency/Climate Change Increased Regulatory Requirements 6
6/28/2018 WWW.NEWEA.ORG Mary Barry Executive Director mbarry@newea.org Bob Fischer Gov’t Affairs Chair bfischer@sburl.com Ray Willis Gov’t Affairs Vice Chair rwillis@onsite‐eng.com Scott Firmin Gov’t Affairs Vice Chair sfirmin@pwd.org 7
6/28/2018 Region IV Regulatory Issues Saya Ann Qualls, PE TN GAC Co‐Chair Region IV Hot Topics Federal Perspective • PFOS and PFOA • Nutrient Management • WWTP Optimization • Permitting (November 2018 workshop) • Timeliness of permit reviews • Power Plant ELGs • Cooperative Federalism 8
6/28/2018 Region IV Hot Topics State Perspective • Resolving Litigation • Streamlining review of TMDLs, WQS, variances • W/WW resiliency • Infrastructure funding • Agency funding • Cooperative Federalism • EPA Regions‐State • EPA Regions‐Regulated Community (MAs) Questions? 9
6/28/2018 Trends in Region 6: There’s a New Sheriff in Town Julie Nahrgang, WEAT| TACWA WEF GAC, June 28, 2018 10
6/28/2018 Trending Topics in R6 # Ble nding Rule # Gro undwa te r Disc ha rg e # Co o pe ra tive F e de ra lism Blending Rule # E xpe c ting Rule Pa c ka g e b y 2018 # Cla rify whe n b le nding is a llo we d unde r CWA # Utilitie s sho uld we ig h in 11
6/28/2018 Groundwater Discharge ( Clean Water Act Coverage of Discharges of Pollutants via a Direct Hydrologic Connection to Surface Water) # E PA Co mme nts due Ma y 21 # I ssue re g a rding NPDE S e xpa nsio n # Co nne c t the do ts hydro lo g ic a l the o ry vs. Co ng re ss CWA # Pre dic ta b le We ig h I n R6 - Now Under New Management! # Co o pe ra tive F e de ra lism # L e a n Ma na g e me nt # Pe rspe c tive o n E nfo rc e me nt 12
6/28/2018 California EPA Region 9 Regulatory Issues Christopher Stacklin, P.E. Chair, WEF Government Affairs Committee, Regulatory Subcommittee WEF COP Director - Sustainability WRF Antibiotic Resistance Project Advisory Committee Member WRF Issue Area Team, Resource Recovery EPA Region 9 Priorities EPA Appointment of Mike Stoker to Region 9 Administrator [5/18/2018] • Top priority: Remediating and closing Superfund sites U.S. EPA Region 9 Legal and Enforcement Priorities [4/6/2018] • Mobile sources ‐ Region 9 is leading the nation, particularly in working with the states on trucking regulations; • Drinking water ‐ Region 9 has started implementing a drinking water plan, especially for lead and arsenic in water, and dealing with the smaller water systems prevalent in the Region; • Lead ‐ Region 9 is working with state agencies on a guidance plan and various action items; • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) enforcement, particularly in imports; and • Superfund and site cleanup ‐ Broad enforcement priorities for the Region include clean up related to vapor intrusion, urban lead, groundwater, and at abandoned mine sites. EPA Region 9 https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa‐announces‐appointment‐mike‐stoker‐region‐9‐administrator https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/New‐EPA‐administrator‐in‐San‐Francisco‐says‐12945205.php https://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G182905/G182905 13
6/28/2018 Drought Resiliency Actions Drought and severe weather are driving water reuse‐related regulations and activities • CA‐NV AWWA and CWEA Sign Agreement to Work Together on the Future of Operator Certification [6/7/2018] ; • A Proposed Framework for Regulating Direct Potable Reuse in California [6/6/2018] ; • California Draft Amendment to the Recycled Water Policy [5/9/2018]; • Guidance Framework for Direct Potable Reuse in Arizona [2/7/2018] ; • California Urban Water Agencies, Adapting to Change: Utility Systems and Declining Flows [11/28/2017] ; and • Wet Weather Regulations for Wastewater Water Treatment Plants. [4/17/2018] Scarcity http://cweawaternews.org/ca‐nv‐awwa‐and‐cwea‐sign‐agreement‐to‐work‐together‐on‐the‐future‐of‐operator‐certification/ Resiliency https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/direct_potable_reuse.html https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/water_recycling_policy/#proposed_wrp https://watereuse.org/wp‐content/uploads/2018/02/NWRI‐Guidance‐Framework‐for‐DPR‐in‐Arizona‐2018.pdf https://www.cuwa.org/pubs/2018/1/10/uhjemzug04iar61oijljp8ovn67zqb https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa‐announces‐effort‐update‐wet‐weather‐regulations‐wastewater‐treatment‐plants Direct Hydrologic Connection Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund V. City of Maui [2/1/2018] • Hydrologic connection from point source to jurisdictional surface waters; • Would groundwater be regulated under the Clean Water Act or under the Waters of the United States or neither or both?; and • Clean Water Act Coverage of ‘‘Discharges of Pollutants’’ via a Direct Hydrologic Connection to Surface Water [EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0063; FRL–9973–41–OW]. [2/20/2018] • 58,336 comments http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/02/01/15‐17447.pdf https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA‐HQ‐OW‐2018‐0063‐0001 14
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